cc:  Bernd.Schemmer at gmx.de
Subject: Re: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] Differences between ksh88 and ksh93
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>    I am unable to create an alias with a colon ":" in its name.  e.g.
> 
>      $ alias :e=vi
>      alias: :e=vi: invalid alias name
> 
>    This doesn't appear to be covered by any of the incompatibilities you
>    listed, nor does it fall under any restriction I can find in the
>    ksh93 documentation.
> 
>    Dave

This is not an incompatibility, it is a bug.  It will be fixed in
a future release.

David Korn
dgk at research.att.com

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